11th New York Infantry

The 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a zouave infantry regiment of the US Army that was active from 7 May 1861 to 2 June 1862 during the American Civil War. It was raised by Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth from New York City volunteer firemen, and it was nicknamed "the Fire Zouaves" for this reason. On 24 May 1861, the regiment occupied Alexandria, Virginia, and Ellsworth was killed while attempting to remove a Confederate flag from a local rooftop. The regiment then suffered extensive casualties during the First Battle of Bull Run, and it would be stationed near Hampton Roads during the Peninsula Campaign, experiencing little fighting. The regiment was mustered out of service in June 1862.